Howell, J. V. (Jesse V.), 1891-

Jesse V. Howell was born in Oskaloosa, Iowa, in 1891, the only child of William J. and Jennie Esther Craft Howell. He graduated with a B.S. in chemistry from Penn College, Oskaloosa, Iowa, in 1912 and a M.S. in geology from the University of Iowa in 1915. Howell worked as a geologist for several companies from 1916-1918 and received his Ph. D. in geology from the University of Iowa in 1922.

Howell was employed with Marland Oil Company from 1922-1929 as a geologist. From 1929 until his death in 1971. He was a consulting or independent geologist in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He also had interests with T.H. McCasland and Mack Oil Company in Duncan, Oklahoma, and was a partner in Adkins Oil Associates, which conducted oil exploration in Illinois.

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